At this time, it had been more than an hour since Professor McGonagall and the others left Hogwarts, and although they had not paid attention to the numbers on the clock, they could tell from the gray sky outside that it was not far from dawn.

Dawn is just around the corner.

But the three young men in Lockhart's office were not happy at all. They searched for clues everywhere, and even risked their lives to burrow into the Forbidden Forest, where they couldn't see their fingers, and danced with spiders...... But when almost everything was about to fall into place, he was tricked by Lockhart, a liar.

Even if they figured out how to deal with the basilisk? Without the exact location of the chamber, they would have to wait for Professor McGonagall to return—in which case, the last chance to stop the school from closing would be gone.

Feeling the resentment around him that was almost about to turn into substance, Lockhart, who was tied up in the corner, couldn't help but sneeze.

"Alright, alright...... At least Mr. Liar, who is good for nothing, also gave us a safe place to discuss plans. Brandi clapped his hands and motioned for Harry and Ron not to stare at Lockhart. There isn't much time left, and we need to rehash the information we have so far...... After all, the basilisk has been around us for so long, and there may be something that we have missed. Ron, you come first. ”

Ron looked at him in surprise.

"Tell me anything, anything you know about the basilisk. As long as it's a detail I don't know yet. Brandi said.

"Uh...... All right. He thought with a frown. On Halloween, Harry was on the stairs leading to the foyer in the basement when he suddenly heard the basilisk talking. Is that okay? ”

"Stairs from the basement to the foyer......" He hesitated, picking up a letter from a Lockhart fan from the ground. Write it down with a quill in the blank space of the envelope. "Did you see anything around you at that time?"

"Apparently not, Harry would suddenly pull against the wall unusually, saying that he heard strange noises again, but none of us could hear him but him, and then we walked around the hallway, and there was nothing else." Ron said with great certainty.

"But the basilisk is not a ghost, it is physical. That is, it is moving through some special passageway, not walking in the hallway like we do. Forehead...... Wait a minute, what did Harry say ...... 'again'? Brandi raised an eyebrow, "Harry?" You've heard it before! ”

"Me?" Harry looked at him blankly, "yes...... When I was in lockdown and writing to Lockhart. ”

He glanced at Lockhart with disgust, and continued. "It's in this office, but nothing happened that time...... I mentioned this to Ron when I got back to my dorm. You slept soundly...... I'll forget to tell you about it later. ”

"Bo, Potter?" A voice stammered from the corner, and they looked over to see Lockhart's face full of horror. "You just said that the basilisk was roaming around my office?!"

"Do you know something?" Brandi asked quickly. "You'd better tell us, Professor Lockhart, or I can assure you that it won't be dawn before your glorious deeds will be spread throughout the school."

"I'm not sure it's going to work." Lockhart hesitated, but for the sake of his future, he spoke anyway. "That was a long time ago, and it wasn't Halloween yet...... I'm in my room thinking about the next Hogsmeade fan meeting, and you know I'm pretty busy socially—"

"Getting to the point!"

"Well......" he stopped talking stupidly, "I mean, I was probably a little confused, so I leaned back in my chair and took a nap." At this time I seemed to hear a faint sound, a 'tom' - as if something had hit a wall, and I was awakened by this. But there was nothing in the room - I thought Peeves was smashing the office wall with a tennis ball, so I didn't think much of it. But if you do what you say......"

He shuddered, "Maybe it's the movement of the monster you said accidentally ran into some obstacle when it moved. ”

The three of them looked at each other, and their eyes lit up.

"In what direction is the approximate location of that voice?"

Lockhart thought for a moment, then hesitantly pointed to the corner of the office, which was supposed to be a thick wall, and there were no other rooms on either side of it.

Brandi walked briskly, groping around the wall, knocking on it from time to time. But the muffled voice that came back clearly told him that either Lockhart was lying to him again, or ...... The wall was unbelievably thick, far from what was hidden behind it.

"What's in this wall?" He looked back at Harry and Ron, who gave him a look of frustration. It was clear that this was redundant, and probably none of the three of them had ever been interested in the layout and construction of the Hogwarts castle.

"Okay......" He frowned and pulled out his wand.

"Hey! What are you going to do! Lockhart was shocked, "Don't tell me you're trying to blow up this wall!" ”

"Is there any other way for us to do that?" Brandi glared at him angrily, "I don't have time to play any more guessing games with the heirs of Slytherin!" Harry, Ron, cover your ears and hide in a corner, torn apart! ”

'Kala! With a crisp sound, a huge crack cracked in the wall, but the effect of the Split Spell didn't seem to be enough, he needed a more powerful spell...... He thought for a moment, and then turned his gaze to the terrified Professor Lockhart beside him. "Professor, you don't mind doing spell experiments or anything like that in your office - like powerful magic against basilisks?"

"Don't, don't do that, kids......" He seemed to realize something, and his face turned pale. Then I'm going to have to-"

"Boom!"

But by this time it was too late. With a flash of red light on Brandi's wand and wand, Brandi instantly entered a super magic state, and the originally invisible shattering spell actually emitted a faint fluorescence under the injection of excessive magic power-time seemed to stand still, and they saw that the stone wall in front of them suddenly trembled, and from the middle of the finger-wide pitch-black crack, there seemed to be something glowing with white light surging in the depths - and the next moment, there was a loud thunderous sound. Like a fragile piece of tofu, the stone wall was blown to pieces, and a large amount of rubble was thrown out along with dust and wall skin.

Brandi, who had been prepared, unhurriedly added a shield to himself, blocking everyone in front of him, and the masonry smashed against the iron armor spell, making a crackling sound like hailstone.

"You're crazy! This sound will definitely wake up all the living things in the castle! Lockhart screamed behind him, "And the monster in that chamber is the same!" ”

"That's why I need your help, Professor Lockhart. Superheroes who are ready for everything and decide to step up and fight the basilisk - to be reasonable, you really don't think about thinking about joining us? That way, maybe you can get inspired to come up with a new book! ”

Brandi said casually, looking at the dusty room with satisfaction, and waved his wand.

"Whirlwind sweeps."

The window on the other side suddenly opened, and with Brandy's spell, a strong gust of wind blew out of thin air in the room, blowing a thick cloud of smoke out of the window. After a while, the scene became clearer. Everyone stared intently—their eyes widened.

In front of the gravel in front of Brandy, a large hole was revealed that was a meter thick, and the powerful power of the Super Demon Crushing Charm directly blew through the wall made of stone bricks, and at the same time, it was also attached with a simple reinforcement magic.

But it wasn't this that surprised them—in the depths of the big hole, there was a thick, curved gray thing with a metallic sheen, and on the metal surface, an incomprehensible incantation was glowing green. The remnants of Brandi's spell were actually blocked by a strange magic!

"What is this?" Harry struggled through the gravel to Brandi's side. Brandi was spotted staring at it thoughtfully...... The gray object in front of you looks familiar?

"It's ...... Pipe? ”

In an instant, everything suddenly became clear. Why did they never see the basilisk in its true face, and why could they always hear it in the hallway...... The basilisk is in the pipes! But...... Where is the outlet for this pipe? They needed to know the exit—Brandi didn't look like he was going to be able to break the pipe's defensive spell......

"Harry."

At this time, Brandi spoke.

"The Slytherin heirs want to attack Neville, and we're sure by now. Dean Justin ...... Even Hermione and Parvati, almost all of them were killed near Neville - but have you ever wondered why a basilisk would attack a cat that has nothing to do with Neville on Halloween? ”

A terrible thought popped through Harry's mind...... He also heard Ron's exclamation behind him.

"Because the basilisk saw the cat at the first sight when it came out! That's Myrtle's bathroom! Think of the crying myrtle, how the hell she died fifty years ago! ”

For a moment, they stood there dumbfounded, unable to control their emotions with excitement.

"But how do we get over now...... Harry muttered, "there must be a lot of chickens and dogs in the castle right now, and I guess in a little while, a professor will arrive here to inquire about the situation!" There is only one cloak of invisibility, and the three of us can't hide it all! ”

“…… "I think Professor Lockhart is more than willing to send Brandy, the troublemaker here who is trying to pull out the fireworks and play a prank—am I right, Professor Lockhart?" ”

His eyes looked directly at Lockhart, who wanted to cry without tears, and flashed with bad intentions.